The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1887-02-11

FRIDAY FEBRUARY il. 1857
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~ possible and 10 render those Sec
tlons Of the Bill relatIng 10 the rights
Of tho people al obscure and nnIntol-
IlgIble a. human ingenuity can make
them. TO use the language OF dis
llngulshed member OF This House,
sIf the hand Of TalIeyFand was not
present In the conslrnctIon Of this
oil, then oil appearances are decep-
tive"
Suppose The great Lawglver had
constructed the Ten Commandments
with The same uncertainty. Suppose
ho had said "Thou shalt not steal;
thou shalt not bear false witness !;
thou shalt not covet--eonlsmpora-
neousIy or under u,bstanfiaily similar
eircamstamcssand conditions laughterl;
or suppose, at the conclusion Of The
decalogue the following provision
had been added 'sprovlded, how.
lever, that upon application 10 the high
priest or ecclesiastical commissioner
lappolnted under the provisions Of this
act porsous - designated may b
authorized TO cheat, steal, bear false
witness, or coves, and said commls-
sIon may from time % time prescribe
the extent 10 which said persons may
DO relieved from any or al Of saI.l
commandments. Under such cir
cumstAnces would not the world have
been without moral law from Moses
10 Cullum and from Mount sinai "a
Pixies Peak ? Great laughter.
| A distinguished gentIamanI Senator
Fryel discussing this bill said IN an
other place
i / should like ID know whist the
fourth section means from this dis.
eussIou. Ishoald like 70 know how
| or my constituents are 10 deiermIne
) what II means from this discussion.
should like 10 know what light
have been tnrown upon Il. The con
ferees disagree IN relation 10 II a.
most every Senator who has discussed
II disagrees with the other Senator
II relation to II. Boards Of trade II
Boston and indianapolis. the Ghambel
Of Commerce 10 New York, LegIsla.
lures Of the dIiEerens States, all abso'
Iutely disagree diamelElealIy as 4
what Ibis fourth section Il.
And another Senator, Ia anoshel
place not mentIonable here, characs-
} erIzed the bill as follows:
But there are matters Ia which, Il
my opinion, the bill Is even NOR.
fatally defective, II that were possible
than Ia the particulars to which al.
J tenllnn has been called. / regre
That have to vote for Is,and lhlnl
there are , great many others 10 lh.
! same condition. This IL a bill which
!. practically nobody wants and which
I Everybody intends 70 vote for, bII
which nobody Ii satisfied with ans
which everybody lntends 10 accept,
bill which nobody knows what
means, and yet We have ali agreed
ought TO pass.
q But the distinguished gen.lemal
!. l. 100 broad and sheepIng when b
2 says the bill Ia In the condition b
describes. II Il only those portion
| OF the measure which refer to IT,
rights Of lhe people which are obscuv
and shronded 10 mystery. The thing
which are certain IN this biIl are pre-
clseIy the things which the people d
not want, and the things which ar
uncertain are precisely those abou
which the people demand the great
est possible certainty. All the safe
guards thrown around the corpora
: lions are plain and nnmIstakabIs
There is no uncertainty whateve
here. We will examine them In iheI
order.
OF course, under The decisions d
the Supreme Court of The Unlto'
States our State Legislature has y
/ power to Iegis.ate In regulation Z
railroad commerce on roads or line
! extending across sEa.e boundaries
: concerning commerce crossing sue
boundary lines. II 50 far, however
!. as any lines of commerce are who'll
: wIthIE the boundaries Of our State
: the Legislature has mpIe power /
give the people protection BY som
: such suitable and proper measure q
would DO the transportation compa
; nIes no iaJus.Ice, aud 1t the sam
time remedy some Of the great evil
. of transportation existing in GU
State, and to which attention "a
been attracted 10 this letter. ThI
may be done, possibly more readll,
! and more effectively by m enactmen
! placing Q positive limit 70 maximum
freight charges on different lines q
transportation, or by an efFectiv
long-and .shorl.hapI provision tha
would properly come within the juris
dicticn Of the State Legislature. I